Turn 27: Night of the Wolverine
Suzaku waits on the beach until the Nautilus surfaces and he boards.
In Nemo's cabin.
Nemo: So, did you find Frankenstein?
Suzaku: No. But I learned he was former Code R Research Team class A, and he experimented with the dead. Cornelia said Soul wrought of terra corrupt, quelling impurity, purging the stream to beckon forth an ultimate fate. Behold mighty gods, HOLY GRAIL's squire to the lofty heavens. A passage from Dr. Frankenstein's thesis.
Nemo: The HOLY GRAIL?
Suzaku: A name taken from the cup that Jesus Christ drank from at the Last Supper and that Joseph of Arimathea used to collect Jesus's blood at his crucifixion. Given the importance of Jesus's crucifixion and the eucharist in Christian beliefs, the search for the grail became the holiest of quests as it signified the pursuit of union with God.
Nemo: So Frankenstein has become a 'God' to bring the dead back to the living.
Suzaku: But this HOLY GRAIL, is something different about it. It's like a... an unlikely miracle.
Horai Island
Leila: Really Akito. Helped by a girl!
Akito: It's not what you think, Leila! She just showed up and helped me and zero.
Leila: Oh, I see. Anyway, Li Xingke wants to see us.
UFN Headquarter
Li Xingke: The data you received in Switzerland includes a file titled "damaged goods". We believe this is a code word for Captain Anna Clément a scientist formerly in the employ of the W-0, and the desiner of the Alexander Kightmare Frames.
Leila: (raising her hand) Excuse me, sir?
Li Xingke: Yes
Leila: It may sound crazy but... I know Anna. She my childhood friend, she has a habit of gossiping, such as when she told Akito that I has a rank in Akido. I hadn't heard from her since then, until now.
Li Xingke: Captain Clément escaped with a datachip containing information on something known as "Operation Poseidon" Fearing for her life, she has taken refuge in the Britannian Embassy in Israel.
Li Xingke: There is evidence that Phantom has hired Gaudefroy The Wolverine, One of the Goliath Knights to raid embassy and kidnap Captain Clément. You must prevent Clément from being kidnapped!
Leila: Sir, I would like to go with him.
Li Xingke: Very well. You may go along with him.
Leila: Yes sir.
After the briefing, they left the room. Then Akito and Leila called Suzaku, told him about Anna Clément, the datachip, Operation Poseidon, and the raid on the embassy. Suzaku asked them to take an airship and head towards Ashdod and meet them there. Afterwards they take an UFN airship and heads towards Jerusalem.
On the Nautilus.
Nemo: So you want to go to Jerusalem? Very well, then. But I'm going to lead General Tohdoh in charge of this operation.
Tohdoh: With pleasure.
Ashdod, Israel
Tohdoh, Suzaku, Ryo, and Chiba arrive at the port of Ashdod.
Tohdoh: Where's the hell Miss Malcal?
Then they heard an airship approaching them, then it appeared and touches down.
Akito: Let's get going!
They board the airship and fly into the sky. On board is the Alexander Liberte. Flying across Yad Binyamin, Tal Shahar, and Tslafon. They are ambushed by Baron von Richthofen and his Flying Circus squadron.
Tohdoh: (To Ryo) Get us out of here!
They take evasive action until they are hit. The airship is over the Eshtaol Forest.
Tohdoh: We're hit! Set us near Jerusalem.
Ryo: We won't make it! Lets hide in the forest.
Tohdoh: What are you doing?
Ryo: Never leave an trail for the enemy. One of your father's first rules of engagement.
Tohdoh: That's a direct order.
Ryo: This is a military emergency.
Tohdoh: I'm ordering you-
Ryo: Hang on, it I a gonna be a bumpy ride.
The ship tilts on its side, still plunging towards the surface below.
Ryo: I'm reading a clearing ahead. I'm going to try and make it.
The Ship BLOWS over a carpet of treetops the canopy of leaves bursting into flames from the friction of the hull.
The ship SMASHES into a crater miles long, PLOWING through rock and vegetation, finally coming to rest near one of the crater walls. Before them lies the crater, spreading out towards a distant horizon stained red by two hanging crimson suns.
The moonless sky is filled with an starfield. The ship sits near the wall of the crater, its tiny lights fighting the otherworldly darkness.
Tohdoh (OVER): You violated a direct order.
Ryo looks over the engines.
Ryo: About half the core material is burned out. We'll never generate enough power to take flight.
Tohdoh: I told you to keep us up in the air.
Ryo: Come on, General, give it a rest. I'd just save your asses back there. Zero's in command.
Tohdoh: Don't hand me that. I'm commander of this mission.
Ryo: Look, no offense, but you're an egghead with an honorary rank. No one ever intended you to handle combat situations.
Tohdoh: You handled it brilliantly... ...sending us crashing down here.
Ryo: Those germans posed a continuing threat. I made a judgement call and if I have to I'll make it again. Hell, you of all people should understand that. If your father were here-
Tohdoh: My father is not here. My father is dead, killed in one of his combat missions you so admire. And so as many of my comrades during the rebellion against Britannia. My team is on this ship And you're going to follow my orders. Whether you agree
with them or not. Is that clear, Sayama?
Ryo's face is right up in Tohdoh's.
Ryo: Save the speeches. I like you. But the fate of the World is at stake here. I'm going to do whatever I think it takes to ensure the success of this mission. With or without your help. Is that clear, General?
The two are too close to do anything but kiss or fight. Kissing seems less than likely.
Chiba (OVER): Am I interrupting something?
WIDER. Chiba stands in the doorway.
Chiba: No. Really. I think you two should go ahead and slug it out. I mean, here we are stranded in an Middle Eastern forest and you boys want to get into a pissing
contest. So please, go for it. I'll have Leila down here in a heartbeat to declare you both unfit and I'll take over this mission. Now I don't want to hear another word from you two until you can play nice. Is that clear?
Tohdoh: Nagisa- Listen-
Chiba: Not another word. (a beat) Better. Now if you've finished hosing down the decks with testosterone, I suggest you come with me. I may have
found a way to get us to Jerusalem.
INT.-BRIDGE
Chiba looks over the map.
Chiba: Here we are, and here's Jerusalem. Walking from here will take 6 hours.
Suzaku: That's at least what we'd need to get the engines functioning again.
Tohdoh looks out the viewscreen at the night. Turns to Ryo.
Tohdoh: We'll set off at daybreak. it'll be safer. Those are my orders, Sayama.
Ryo: I agree with your recommendation, General.
Chiba: Détente is a beautiful thing.
They all fell asleep that night, then later that morning they set out for Jerusalem. The long walk and hot sun causes complaints with the group. Then Suzaku notice a truck coming this way. Suzaku flags the truck down. The driver turns out to be the young greek mechanic from Nanking.
Spyro: General! It couldn't be you!
Tohdoh: Not you again!
Chiba: Listen, mister what's your name?
Spyro: Spyro.
Chiba: Well listen up Spyro, Could you takes us all into Jerusalem?
Spyro: Sure, lady. Just hop aboard, and i'll take you all there.
They all hopped onto the truck and traveled into Jerusalem and into his shop. Then Spyro notice a boy in his lunch box.
Spyro: Hey! You little theif.
Thee boy flees with a sandwich, and Suzaku chases after him. It ends at a alleyway. Suzaku finds wet footprints to a back of a shop.
Shopkeeper: Little theif!
He kicks out the boy.
Shopkeeper: If I catch you around here, i'll take you to the police.
Moses: You big bully!
He throws a rock at the shopkeeper's head.
Shopkeeper: Ouch! That's it! You little-
Suzaku grabs the shopkeepers arm.
Shopkeeper: What the- Let go of me!
Suzaku: Have you any sense of striking a little boy?
Shopkeeper: Then you deal with the thief yourself.
The Shopkeeper leaves while Suzaku is with the Boy.
Moses: Here, you can have the sandwich back.
Suzaku: Nah! You have it.
The boy munches on the sandwich.
Suzaku: You should get on home.
Moses: I have no home.
Suzaku: And your mother and father?
Moses: They were killed in the war.
Suzaku: I apologize. Your name?
Moses: Moses.
Suzaku: I'm Suzaku. Where do you live?
Moses I'll show you.
Suzaku follows him to an abandoned building.
Suzaku: This is where you live?
Moses: Sure. Out there is that building with that strange flag.
Suzaku notices that's the Britannian Embassy where Anna is.
Suzaku: Thanks, Moses. But i gotta go. I'll come back another time. See ya.
Moses. Thanks. Bye.
Britannian Embassy, Nightfall
Chiba: Zero. Akito. Vlad is going to attemp a direct assult on the embassy. Their target is Captain Anna Clément, who use to work for the EU forces unit called the W-0 unit. She has a datachip indicating something known as 'Operation Poseidon'. Make sure that Captain Clément not kidnapped.
Akito: The missions are starting to get tougher than i thought.
Suzaku walks up the gate to speak to the guard.
Suzaku: What time your open?
Guard: We're open at-
A bus crashes in the fence, Suzaku moves out of the way, and a whole load of terrorists will pour out and start besieging the building. A firefight begins between Suzaku, Akito, & the terrorist. The lights go out in the embassy.
Chiba: Zero. Akito. The terrorist control the front of the building and have taken cillivian hostages. You'll need to take an alternate route to ensure their safety.
Suzaku: Yeah, right.
Moses: Hey! Suzaku!
Akito: Who's that boy?
Suzaku: Moses?
They run over to him.
Suzaku: What are you doing here? It's Dangerous!
Moses: I know a way into the embassy. Follow me!
They climbed building rooftops and hop down into garden of the embassy. They shoot the door locks and enter the embassy. Inside the embassy, they climb the stairs until they reach the door. Now duck as you open the door. A woman will run out screaming, with a gangster running after her. As soon as they see the gangster, they kill him. They free more hostages.
They should see a room, behind glass panels, where some terrorists are holding various Embassy staff as hostages. They creep up on them, and they make sure you have good cover behind that overturned table.
Terrorist: What did Clément tell you? Did she make a copy of the datachip?
The duo open fire and kill the terrorist, freeing the hostages.
After that, they follow the passage until they reach the kitchen door, in which there are loads of guards. Open the door, and defeat the guard that you should be able to see hiding behind the workbench on the far side of the room, in front of you. They just keep firing until they stops shooting.
Now follow the pathway round, until you get to the windows again. Crouch down, facing the pathway, Two guards should run out from the pathway on your far left. They shoot them quickly and then follow the path to the rotunda, shooting the guard there.
Chiba: Zero. We checked the embassy blueprints. They refer to an escape route somewhere in the rotunda. The only clue to its precise location is the phrase 'King and Country'. The terrorist are evacuating now, so you must hurry.
Akito: King and Country?
Suzaku: Britannia's motto phrase for the flag.
He moves the flag to reveal a button that he press to open a door. They walk down the secret passage, and they should meet Anna.
Akito: Anna?
Anna: Akito!
Suzaku: Are you okay? Where's the datachip?
Anna: They taken the datachip containing the information of 'Operation Poseidon'.
Suzaku: Akito, take Anna and get out. I'll get the chip back.
Suzaku heads into the elevator, goes up and open the doors that you can see in front of you is in a warehouse full of crates and an operable crane. Suzaku is shock to see an old face.
Suzaku: Gaudefroy! You?!
Gaudefroy: We meet again! Lord Kururugi. Who brought upon my death!
Gaudefroy, Armed with an Gatling gun begins to attacks. Immediately Suzaku runs for cover, and shelter behind that first group of wooden crates to avoid taking damage from Gaudefroy. Now Suzaku aims on The Wolverine. He then fires on the fuel drums to move him on to his next stopping point, which is to the right. Suzaku keeps ducking while he shoots, and jumping up and shooting him while he reloads, to move him right until he is standing right over that vat of chemicals. Over Gaudefroy's over the vat of chemicals, Suzaku should press a switch, which is on the right of the second group of crates, and is on a small pedestal, which is sandwiched between the group of crates and the right-hand wall. This knocks Gaudefroy into the vat, defeating him and killing him.
Chiba: Zero! Did you encountered the Wolverine? What happened?
Suzaku: He's fallen for me.
He then climbs up the ladder, and heads towards the roof. He sees a small white and blue helicopter take off and Suzaku shoots at it, it burst into flames far away and it crashes.
A/N: In the next turn, the search for the datachip. Merry Christmas!
